Centers on how to encourage counselor activity in the placement process not only to secure jobs for clients with severe disabilities but also to learn firsthand about the local world of work. Placement training must receive proper emphasis in rehabilitation education programs. (CT)

Ease and speed of subsidized try-out job placements for the handicapped in private industry indicate that this method should be made regularly available to rehabilitation professionals. (AG)

The article responds to a national survey of State rehabilitation job placement personnel and synthesizes the materials received from 42 states pertaining to placement efforts, personnel, and duties. (EA)

Successful placement following vocational rehabilitation can be influenced by positive or negative psychological characteristics developed by the counselor in the rehabilitated individual. (MS)

As new Federal legislation for vocational rehabilitation (VR) creates changes affecting future programs, there is a need to evaluate the impact of the VR program in client terms. Accountability requires rehabilitation to develop its own unique model including applicant evaluation, client status, objectives, program evaluation, and employment…

Describes the job worksite program developed by Altro Workshops, Inc., Bronx, New York, to serve as an intermediate step between the protected vocational training workshop and the unprotected work world. Psychiatric clients of the workshop selected for the program were placed in facility-supervised or company-supervised jobs with generally good…

In 1968, Hallmark Cards, Inc. established a training facility in Kansas City to provide job training for people denied jobs because of inexperience, police records, physical handicaps, skin color, or lack of education. Their successful program is based on hiring and then providing on-the-job training. (Author/EA)

Counselors tend to see their role in a therapeutic vein but feel they are increasingly constrained to focus time and attention on meeting numeric quotas. The pressure to meet the closed-placed'' quota often conflicts with the needs of good rehabilitation practices. (Editor)

Discusses some of the findings of 10 regional studies (funded by the Rehabilitation Services Administration) as they relate to future rehabilitation program evaluation efforts under the following topics: Penetration rates, determining process effectiveness, and determining impact. Placement suitability, sustention of client benefits, and consumer…

The authors, a psychiatrist and a vocational rehabilitation counselor, discuss the role of the vocational rehabilitation counselor in relation to the role of the psychotherapist. (EA)

Discusses background of the work adjustment program for disabled clients, job placement, work and work habits, the relationship of vocational evaluation and work adjustment, job seeking and retention skills. (TA)

Reviews current, emerging, and possible future trends in vocational counseling as they occur or might occur in rehabilitation settings. Topics include client evaluation in rehabilitation, job placement and follow up, and roles of counselors. (TA)